The categorical claim, made now by many alarmists, that “this time is different; jobs are gone forever” is no more plausible now than in the past.
Michael C. Munger
If creative destruction is as productive as proponents claim, economic “winners” should be able to compensate the “losers” and still come out ahead.
Bonvillain and Singer mischaracterize the symptoms of a problem, misdiagnose the underlying “disease,” and then botch the prescription for a cure.
My suggestion was that “directional” libertarians and classical liberals ally rather than question one another’s authenticity.
Any policy change that lessens government control over private action is desirable; libertarians are crucial to any intellectual push in that direction.
